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Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2010 00:22:48 -0400
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Subject: Re: DHCP and resolv.conf
From: Alex Leigh <leigh AT hcs DOT harvard DOT edu>
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That should do it, thank you very much!

Alex

On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 7:53 PM, Steven Collins <spc DOT for DOT nbc AT gmail DOT com> wro=
te:
> I really thought I'd posted this before, but can't find it with
> Google. I run the attached script, which is mostly a gawk program,
> from my .bashrc and .profile on my laptop. This ensures that my
> resolv.conf gets configured correctly for the current network
> connection each time I start a new interactive shell. This is really
> more frequently than it probably needs to be, but it gets the job done
> for me and I've never really noticed a significant delay from it.
>
> Steven
>
> On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 01:49, Alex Leigh <> wrote:
>>
>> It's not possible to do it with a Windows service that updates
>> resolv.conf whenever a new DHCP lease is obtained, or, if that's not
>> possible, a cronjob that periodically polls for new nameservers
>> obtained from DHCP? I don't know enough about Windows to know if
>> there's an API for accessing the required information.
>>
>> Alex
>>
>> On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 3:27 AM, Huang Bambo <> wrote:
>> > It's not possible.
>> > DHCP is handled by Windows, not by cygwin.
>> >
>> > 2010/6/27 Alex Leigh <>
>> >>
>> >> Hi,
>> >>
>> >> Apologies if this has been asked before, but is it possible to have
>> >> /etc/resolv.conf in Cygwin to be automatically updated with
>> >> nameservers obtained using DHCP from Windows networking? Thanks.
>> >>
>> >> Alex
>> >>
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